Law:

ABA urges 9th Circuit to nix profits clawback from insolvent law firm’s unfinished business • ABA Asks Ninth Circuit to Strike Down 'Jewel' Doctrine
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Plowing Through Associates, And Proud Of It
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Reed Smith and Pepper Hamilton Are in Merger Talks
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Weil Adds Restructuring Counsel in New York
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Another Firm Raises Its Clerkship Bonus; Is This A Trend In The Making?
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Did Dershowitz Pay Big Bucks to Settle Sex Case?
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Does Mossack Fonseca Have a US Presence?
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Statistics suggest ‘reverse Robin Hood scheme’ by law schools, prof says
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2015-16 College Faculty Salaries
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Caesars Entertainment bankruptcy shines light on law firm
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Coming and Going Concerns
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How To Say Goodbye To Your Biglaw Salary
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Is Your Firm Older or Younger than Peer Firms?
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Shearman & Sterling considers work from home option
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Distressed Associates - We Used to Call Your Plight "Wearing the Golden Handcuffs"
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One in three lawyers 'not confident' about retirement plans
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Florida Bar Results Are In… And Most Of The Law Schools Did Terribly
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The ‘magnet’ of expertise draws clients, generates fees
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In spite of regulations, lawyers should be bold with their advertising efforts
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What Does it Take to Be an In-House Lawyer? — Tips From a Recruiter
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Associates Who Got Canned - Mark Herrmann decodes law firms' brutal up-or-out model
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Lawyers admit it was a 'mistake' to claim Alan Dershowitz had sex with an underage girl tied to a notorious financier
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Do lawyers really suck? No, and potential clients’ antipathy can be overcome
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Judge orders Apple to help FBI unlock another iPhone; will issue reach the Supreme Court?
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Short sleep may be tied to cold or infection risk
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5 ways to stay fit at work when you sit at a desk all day
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How confident people handle awkward conversations
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Why Are Companies Taking Sides Against Religious Liberty?
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SEC Charges Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with Fraud
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Sixers GM Channels Inner Sarah Palin, Pens Greatest Resignation Letter In History
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Man held 6 months in retail theft of 2 paintbrushes gets 6 months for contempt over court outburst
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Client accused of killing clerk may have meant to target attorney, filings say • Law Clerk Mistaken For Attorney, Murdered By Angry Client
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10-Year-Old Obliterates Criminal Justice System In 30 Seconds
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Hundreds of libraries in the US are getting complaints for carrying the Bible
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Officer Who Body-Slammed Girl Fired
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Chicago will pay $6.45 million to settle the deaths of two black men in police custody
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Lawyer Suspended After Using Confidential Information Obtained By Husband Who Guessed Estranged Wife’s Password
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An Important Legal Question About Caddyshack
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Judges:

After ‘chaotic’ week without cellphone storage lockers, Chicago court visitors can use them again
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15 former ABA presidents call for hearings on Garland
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Former clerks describe Garland as demanding but kind, with no preconceived notions about cases
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Republican Opposition to Considering SCOTUS Nominee Persists
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Why Mindfulness? Bankruptcy Judge Explains
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Wall Street:

Stocks set for modest gains as oil rallies
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Stocks cough up oil-fueled gains to end lower
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These are the 9 cities where junior bankers earn the most
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Perella hires restructuring banker from Miller Buckfire -sources
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A Measure of Stock-Market ‘Fear’ Just Hit an All-Time High
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The Catch-22 That’s Gripping Markets
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First Year Bank Analysts Who Thought They’d Be Running The Show 6 Months In Are Angry
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Layoffs:

Nomura to cut jobs in Americas and Europe
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American Apparel cutting 450 factory jobs
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Wyoming Braces for Hundreds of Announced Layoffs in Coal Mining
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Alcoa Sees 1,000 More Job Cuts
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

Panama Papers: Act now. Don't wait for another crisis | Thomas Piketty • Pressure Mounts on Senior U.K. Politicians to Publish Their Tax Records • Hungary sets up investigation of offshore deals • Panama Papers: 5 Biggest Revelations So Far
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Delaware corporations are not really a good place to hide your money from U.S. tax authorities
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Distressed Investing:

Doak: Plenty of Distressed Investing Opportunities
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Get ready for a junk-bond default cycle to start in 2017
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UBS Says Junk-Debt Bubble Just an Economic Slowdown From Popping
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Personal Finance:

The five things that impact your credit score the most
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John Oliver exposes the massive hidden dangers of credit reports
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5 excellent questions to ask the hiring manager when your job interview is going horribly
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Student Debt:

Got student loans? The Education Department wants to change how you pay them back
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Report: Do college loans affect homeownership, marriage and having kids? • Student Debt Is Holding Back Millennials? Not So Fast
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Autos:

GM Begins Prevailing in Lawsuits Over Faulty Ignition Switches
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Hertz cut its revenue guidance because there are too many cars
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Healthcare:

Are scammers using old bankrupt hospital to bilk residents?
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Where You Live Could Determine How Long You Live
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UnitedHealth Makes Good on Threat to Pull Out of Obamacare
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Alternative Energy:

SunEdison's troubles endanger solar projects
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SunEdison Will Survive, It's Simply Too Big To Fail
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Anatomy of a solar meltdown
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Healthcare:

Tackling the financial toll of cancer, one patient at a time
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Gambling:

Liquidity v. Solvency: Caesars edition
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2015 was an up year for Atlantic City's surviving casinos
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My Adventures With Donald Trump: The Hidden Possibilities Of Distressed Casino Bonds
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Banking:

For Banks, Three Worries Remain Ahead of Earnings
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Former AnchorBank Official Freed From Prison After Acquittal
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Community Banks Tell Jamie Dimon Where To Shove His Olive Branch
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Debt Collection:

4th Cir. Confirms Entity Is Not FDCPA ‘Debt Collector’ Merely Because It Purchases Defaulted Debt
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Pensions:

Casting a Wider Net: Court Finds Private Equity Funds Liable for ERISA Withdrawal Liability
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Retailing:

Dov Charney's Second Try
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Retailers cutting costs at the expense of quality
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Retailers who filed Chapter 11—Where they are now
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Economy:

Outlook dims for Q1 GDP
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Company defaults headed for largest cyclical rise since recession
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Small-business sentiment falls to two-year low, NFIB says
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It doesn't look like there's going to be deflation
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns negative rates could hit spending • The world's largest investor says negative rates are breeding a disaster for the economy
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In blast from the past, SF Fed’s Williams says economic data matters again
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World Bank Loan Demand Near Crisis Levels
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The Case for Free Trade Is Weaker Than You Think
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Why World Leaders Are Starting to Panic
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Bernanke: Helicopter money could work, but I see 2 big problems
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The American consumer's optimism is fading
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Yellen will regret slow pace of rate hikes, top forecaster says
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Warren Buffett's right-hand man gave a dark warning about American finance
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Paying Women Equally Would Be a Boon for 'Everyone Else,' Too
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The Market Might Lose This Fight With the Fed
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The Real Reason Women Still Get Paid Less
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States Where Day Care Costs More than College
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Why Low Oil Prices Haven’t Helped The Economy
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Expect more financial engineering in earnings: S&P
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10 states where people work the longest to pay taxes
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The Tyranny of the Noncompete Clause
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Larry Fink Puts The Average Retirement Age For Millennials At Between Never And Death
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Forget flipping houses — these investors flip mortgages
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Details on Goldman Sachs' $5 billion settlement over pre-crisis mortgage-backed securities • Goldman Mortgage Settlement Is Much Less Than Meets the Eye • Goldman Sachs' $5 billion penalty is great, but score isn't settled
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Millennials expect their parents to help them buy houses
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A Shaky 2016 For The CMBS Market
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Mortgage rates dip to annual low: Will they stick?
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Pacific Sunwear Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Delaware – Commercial Landlords Beware
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Municipalities:

More work needed to solve Puerto Rico debt crisis -Treasury's Lew
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Puerto Rico unveils new debt restructuring proposal • Puerto Rico Ups Recovery Rates in Revised Plan to Creditors • Puerto Rico Aims to Appease Congress With New Debt Proposal
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Puerto Ricans Unlikely to Live Long Enough to See Bonds Mature
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Stranded: Puerto Rico in debt with no end in sight
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Puerto Rico financial crisis: An opportunity and a warning
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Puerto Rico's history may hold answer to $70bn debt conundrum
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Puerto Rico church strips teachers of pension amid crisis
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Schaer: Christie Administration Cannot be Trusted with AC Recovery
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Assembly committee grills DCA commissioner over Atlantic City crisis
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New Jersey Sues Beleaguered Atlantic City Over Its Last Remaining Money • New Jersey sues Atlantic City to protect teacher pay • AC mayor says city follows state on school cash
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Atlantic City Crisis Threatens Other N.J. Cities: Moody's
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Christie dismisses criticism of his handling of Atlantic City • Christie Says He Won't Support Alternate Atlantic City Funding Plan
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Oil/Gas:

Oil and gas values: restructuring amid falling values
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Banks Face Massive New Headache on Oil Loans
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Banks Get Strict on Oil Patch Borrowing
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Tues.: Oil hits 2016 high above $43 on producer meeting hopes • These countries could threaten Doha oil deal • The 30-year-old Saudi who could scuttle oil deal
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Mon.: Global Oil Prices Slip as Investors Re-examine U.S. Inventory Data • Oil rebounds; Russia says crude output will be flat in 2017 • Oil hits four-month high on commodities rally, Doha meeting hopes • US oil closes above $40 for first time since March 22 • Oil Prices Are Unlikely To Increase From Here
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70-90% Decline In Well Completions Raises Hope For Oil & Gas
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The New Normal for Oil and OPEC
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Kilduff: Oil prices are going down, again
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Wells Fargo Misjudged the Risks of Energy Financing
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Iraq Boosts Oil Production to Record Before Output Cap Talks
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A fake freeze on oil output is good enough
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BP Shareholders Revolt Over CEO’s Salary
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Does anyone think there'll be an oil deal in Doha?
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Oil at $35 is Economic Poison for Some Exporting Countries, But Good for U.S. Investment
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Pacific Exploration Postpones Board Meeting on Debt Restructuring
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National Oilwell Varco cuts its dividend by 89%
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Linn Energy: Not A Game Changer
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Marathon Selling $950 Million of Assets in Latest Move for Cash
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Chesapeake Energy's borrowing base maintained at $4 billion • Chesapeake Energy Corporation Gets Some Much Needed Relief • Chesapeake pledges almost entire company as debt collateral • Chesapeake Was The Wake-Up Call For Central Bankers
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Big Oil: When It Comes to Cuts, How Much Is Enough?
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Make or Break Time for Oil Companies
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Oil Giants Spend $115 Million A Year To Oppose Climate Policy
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Noble Energy Hits Another Dry Hole
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Coal:

Is There a Future for Western Coal ?
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Peabody - Is There A Light At The End Of The Tunnel?
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Politics:

Delegate-Selection Fight Plays to Ted Cruz’s Strength
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Why delegate math may actually be helping Trump • 'A crooked deal': Donald Trump rages after getting crushed in Colorado • Donald Trump might have a point about the political parties' 'crooked' primary system • Two Trump kids won't be voting for Dad in New York primary • Donald Trump says 'America First' like isolationists before World War II • Donald Trump decries 'crooked' delegate system. Does he have a point? • Turns Out Donald Trump’s Idea Of Charity Involves A Lot Of Golf
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A Closer Look At Don McGahn And Jones Day’s Work For Donald Trump
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How Realistic Are the Candidates’ Tax Plans?
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NC GOP Member Calls The Boss a Thug
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The Ambition of Bernie Sanders
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Cruz Fact Check: "Poll after poll after poll shows me beating Hillary."
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Most Voters Not Impressed With Any Candidates
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Ted Cruz Birther Lawsuit Heads to the Supreme Court
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Mass Torts:

With Silver convicted, some N.Y. Dems pushing asbestos transparency bill
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Keys to a Successful Claims Resolution Program
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Trucking:

Swell of owner-operator bankruptcies on the horizon?
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Education:

Attorneys General Come Down on Accreditor of For-profit Colleges
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Community Colleges, Seeking Profit Abroad, Face Pushback at Home
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Trump University Staff Detail How School Changed Course
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Computers:

Worldwide Mac Sales Hold Steady as PC Market Sees Shipments Decline 9.6% in Q1 2016
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Corporate Reform:

Krugman: Snoopy the Destroyer
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U.S. authorities want Och-Ziff to plead guilty in bribery probe
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Indicted Payday-Loan Pioneer Has Fingers in Fintech Companies
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Shipping:

Atlantic Offshore files for bankruptcy
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Yangzhou Huanqiu Shipbuilding declared bankrupt
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) • (2) •(3) •(4)• (5) •(6) •(7) •(8)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

March Bankruptcy Filings Show Year-Over-Year Decline
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Las Vegas, Reno and Annual Bankruptcy Case Filing Statistics
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Inside Debt and Recoveries in Bankruptcy
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Avoidance Actions:

Lease Termination as Fraudulent Transfer?
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Second Circuit Slams the Door Shut on a Loophole in Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code
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Business Owners Beware: The Big Bad Bankruptcy Trustee May Come After Your Business for Fraudulent Transfers
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Discharge:

Breach of Fiduciary Duty Judgment May Be Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
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Creditors: Billings neurosurgeon lied about assets, shouldn't be allowed to discharge debts
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Mediation:

We Need Regional Mediation Hubs for Mega-Case Avoidance Actions — Part Two, A Fly-Over Example
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Labor:

When Going “All In” Pays Off: The Third Circuit Upholds The Decision of the Bankruptcy Court in In re Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.
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Trustees:

Ch 7 Trustee Recruitment - New Albany, IN
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Bankruptcy Alternatives:

The Un-Bankruptcy: A Texas Receivership as an Alternative to Bankruptcy (and fourteen ways to appoint a receiver in The Lone Star State)
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IP:

I Want to Use My Licensed Intellectual Property in My Company's Chapter 11 Case by Assuming My Already Existing License, but My Lawyer Tells Me We Are in the Wrong State to Do It. Really?
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Religion:

Catholic Church in Hartford Battles Insurer Over Priest Abuse Claim Payments
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Cruise Ships:

Casino cruiser facing bankruptcy
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Insurance:

Dozens of Waco nonprofits sued in Life Partners bankruptcy action
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Sovereigns:

Argentina's Default-Riddled Past Flagged in Bond Sale Pitch
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Argentina Agrees to Pay Vulture Funds an Extra $253 Million
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Holdouts to be paid first from new Argentina bond
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Argentina flags up risks ahead of bond sale
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Argentina's Bond Pitch: No Holdouts, No More Defaults?
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UK:

Britain finds a buyer for one Tata steel plant, saving a third of jobs at risk
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The minefield of surrenders and assignments
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Hit by Panama row, David Cameron announces new tax evasion law in 2016
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Who Loses the Most From ‘Brexit’? Try Goldman Sachs
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Hiding Assets from the Trustee in Bankruptcy – There should be no Hiding Place!
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UK lawmakers to discuss ailing steel industry
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London is building tens of thousands of luxury homes despite falling demand
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EU:

European Central Bank faces down eruption of German critics
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European High Yield Bond Funds See €391M Cash Inflow
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PIIGS:

Here’s how toxic Italy’s bad loans really are
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Italian Bank Stocks are Surging on the Back of Rescue Reports • Italy, Banks Tackle Bad Debts • Italy is rescuing its weakest banks to spur new lending • Italy's Bank Plan: Atlas Fudged
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Italian finance sector agrees $5.7 bln fund to help weaker banks
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Italy's industrial output reverses previous rise
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Rebooting Italy
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The lessons from Greece's 'nightmare'
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Greek talks with IMF/EU lenders drag on • Greece This Close To Agreement On Continuing To Punch Itself In The Face For No Reason • Fruitless Greece- Creditors Negotiation, Pause for IMF Convention • Ten Billion Risks in Greece's Summer of Discontent
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Portuguese Prime Minister Says ‘Bad Bank’ Could Help Economy
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Canada:

Oil bust leaves energy industry, real-estate sector locked in battle over empty oilfield worker camps
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India:

Immediate challenge now is the passage of bankruptcy law, GST: Arun Jaitley
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Standard Chartered to sell over $1 billion of India loans
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Alarmed India Bankers Said to Sour on Solar as SunEdison Totters
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Banks must have flexibility to rejig bad loans: FM Arun Jaitley
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Russia:

Russia’s Most Important Bank Needs a Bailout
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Czech Republic:

Czech Coal Miner NWR Seeks Government Meeting to Avoid Collapse
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Australia:

Creditors urged to liquidate Clive Palmer nickel refinery
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Clive Palmer facing undignified exit from Parliament after administrators' damning report • Clive Palmer referred to watchdog over Queensland Nickel probe
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Trusted to distribute – Court provides guidance for liquidator on character of sale proceeds
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Peabody Energy Australia eyed amid US collapse
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Australian steelmaker Arrium to get new administrator
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China:

Fresh Chinese Bank IPO Turns Sour in a Hurry
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It's Never Been This Hard for Chinese Debtors to Pay Interest
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US bankruptcy filing helps firm
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China first quarter GDP growth seen at 6.7 percent year on year, slowest since 2009
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A grim future hangs over this Chinese mining city
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Taiwan:

Debtors need easier rules for bankruptcy: advocates
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Iceland:

Angry Icelanders feel like it's 2008 again
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Austria:

Carinthia and Heta creditors signal readiness for compromise
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Heta: Resolution For The World's Worst "Bad Bank" - But No Deal For Creditors
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Creditors want Heta bond buyback at above 90 pct - sources
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Russia:

France Froze $1 Billion in Russia Funds Over Yukos, GML Says
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Japan:

How Japan Became a Hedge Fund Wasteland
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Bankruptcies From Japan Corporate Scandals Rise to Record: Chart
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Romania:

Number of bankrupt companies increases in Romania in 2015
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Brazil:

Brazil Votes in Favor of impeaching President
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